Historic Buildings

A Place for lunch sheltered from the the cool March wind. Coombe Abbey Wiki... en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coombe_Abbey

Tutbury castle, a largely ruined medieval castle, where Mary Queen of Scots was held prisoner, and King Charles I took refuge after the Battle of Naseby.

"Kingsbury Hall (or Bracebridge Hall as it was their family home for many years) is now only part lived in as a farmhouse. It was a fortified manor house and the remains of a curtain wall can still be seen. Kingsbury was founded by the same Angles tribe that established Curdworth and Minworth." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsbury,_Warwickshire

Sudeley Castle a Grade I Listed Building britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101154791-sudeley-castle-sudeley#.XOaPRxrTW-o

Sudeley Castle a Grade I Listed Building britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101154791-sudeley-castle-sudeley#.XOaPRxrTW-o

“Holt Castle was built by Urse d'Abitot, Sheriff of Worcester (who had previously built Worcester Castle). Its precise date of construction is unknown but it was in existence at the time of the Domesday Book (1086). Standing on the west bank of the River Severn, it would have ensured Norman control of that key artery through the Welsh Marches. How long this fortification remained in use for is uncertain but by the twelfth century it had been acquired by the Beauchamp family.” www.castlesfortsbattles.co.uk/midlands/holt_castle_worcestershire.html

Bosworth Hall. It was the country seat of the Dixie family (baronets of Bosworth) for nearly three hundred years. Since the 1980s the house has had several owners and is now a hotel. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosworth_Hall_(Market_Bosworth)

“House, formerly six Alms Houses. 1612, altered early C19. Limestone, coursed and squared heightened in brick with plain tiled roof. Former paired doorways. and 2-light stone mullioned windows, the central windows grouped in closely adjoining pairs. One central doorway still in use, the others blocked, but all have 3-centred arched heads. In the brick upper storey, small 2-light casement windows. Stone coped gables corbled out and in the right hand gable wall the nesting holes of a former attached dovecote. Axial stacks. Founded by Sir William Roberts.” britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101074246-the-alms-house-sutton-cheney#.XVFMCRrTW-o

Bradgate House... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradgate_House_(16th_century)

Bradgate House... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradgate_House_(16th_century)

Wikipedia... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launde_Abbey

“The House on Crutches Museum is situated in a remarkable timber framed building dating back to Elizabethan times. It houses an extensive social history collection covering many aspects of community life and agriculture in Bishop's Castle and South West Shrophire....” www.hocmuseum.org.uk